In-situ stress field determination and fonnation characterization - Offshore Qatar case history

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Rock Mechanics in Petroleum Engineering 1994

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 905-919

  Brumley, John ^a   Kuhlman, Robert ^a   Abass, Hazim ^a   Christiansen, Claus ^b   Jorgenson, Lars Nydahl ^b  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b Maersk Oil Qatar   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DILATOMETERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GASOLINE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL LOGGING; OIL WELLS; ROCK MECHANICS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; WELL LOGGING;

ANELASTIC STRAIN RECOVERY; BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS; BOREHOLE EXTENSOMETER; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GENERAL KNOWLEDGE; IN-SITU STRESS FIELD; PRESSURE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD;

STRESSES;

EID: 84897380203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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